motion-to-vacate

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24-505 Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied collateral-review motion-to-vacate procedural-default retroactive-application section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a Supreme Court statutory interpretation case that was held to apply retroactively in collateral proceedings constitute cause to excuse procedural…
24-5784 Samreen Riaz v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. California 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias jury-trial motion-to-vacate writ-of-mandate Did the California Supreme Court and lower courts err in denying petitioner's writs and motions, potentially violating constitutional rights under the…
24-5476 In Re William Harold Wright, Jr. 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate procedural-bar sentence-correction Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's amended motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence based on a procedural bar
24A22 Richard Rynn, Next Friend and Parent of M. R., a Minor v. Gregory A. McKay, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights court-filing due-process judicial-procedure motion-to-vacate ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional due process rights by failing to address his motion to vacate and …
24A17 Richard Rynn v. First Transit Incorporated, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure motion-to-vacate ninth-circuit pro-se Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violated due process by failing to address the merits of a pro se litigant's motions and improperly restric…
23A1177 Andrew Fields v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Second Circuit 2024-07-02 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights in-forma-pauperis judicial-review motion-to-vacate pro-se Whether the lower court's denial of a motion to vacate judgment violated the petitioner's constitutional due process rights
23-1258 Royce Wade Lander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason motion-to-vacate standard-of-review threshold-showing Whether the Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that Petitioner failed to make the threshold showing for a certi…
23-1173 April D. Gallop v. Cameron Bay Homeowners Association Virginia 2024-05-01 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-in-judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Can a state court constitutionally deny a Motion to Set Aside/Vacate a judgment acquired through fraud and a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction…
23-7344 Richard Arlee Champion v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate plea-bargaining pleading-timing pre-indictment-delay statute-of-limitations When determining the timeliness of a motion to vacate pursuant to 28 USC 2255, what pleading determines the relevant pleading when making that determi…
23-5600 Richard D. Bostwick v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. Massachusetts 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure discretion due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate standing time-limitation Whether Bostwick's Appeal was NOT Reviewed by the Lower Courts (Appeals Case No. 21-P-721) given Bostwick's Notice of Appeal
23-5348 Julian Breal v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP davis-ruling due-process fifth-amendment motion-to-vacate procedural-default section-2255 united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-challenge Whether the Petitioner was denied his due process Fifth Amendment right due to being procedurally defaulted from presenting his vagueness challenge
22-5712 Ramona I. Morgan v. Gloria Geither Tenth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Should the United States Court of Appeals for the [oth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability to the Petitioner Ramona Morgan?
22-5194 Maxo Jean v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction motion-to-vacate timeliness timely-filing Whether the appeals court abused its discretion by dismissing petitioner's notice of appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate, filed pursuant to 2…
21-8198 Ruben Cabrera Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure davis-precedent district-court-discretion double-jeopardy motion-to-vacate sentence-modification sentencing unconstitutional unconstitutional-conviction united-states-v-davis Whether, after a motion to vacate sentence is granted on a conviction that is unconstitutional under United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), a…
21-7507 Valedia Gross v. First NLC Financial Services, LLC, et al. Maryland 2022-03-31 Denied IFP appeal appeal-waiver case-reopening civil-procedure court-intervention default-judgment legal-procedure motion-to-vacate standing timeliness waiver did-the-court-of-special-appeals-err-in-holding-that-ms-gross-waived-her-right-to-appeal
21-6247 Andrew Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-delay motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Does an inordinate delay of almost six years render a motion to vacate under 28 USC 2255 inadequate or ineffective to the point that Petitioner may in…
21-6037 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fraud hazel-atlas hazel-atlas-motion judicial-fraud motion-to-vacate supervisory-powers uncontested-motions Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals properly applied its supervisory powers to ensure the proper application of Local Rule 7.3 MOTION PRACTICE
21-5885 Michael Alan Webb v. Virginia Virginia 2021-10-05 Denied IFP 4th-amendment arbitration-award civil-rights district-court due-process federal-law legal-precedent manifest-disregard motion-to-vacate qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower courts erred in denying the petitioner's Fourth Amendment claims regarding an allegedly unconstitutional search and seizure
21-5586 Tyrone Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-07 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act motion-to-vacate sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery meets the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A)
21-5220 Brian Brantley v. Florida Department of Revenue Florida 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-order due-process legal-procedure motion-to-vacate rule-1.540 rule-1.540(b)(4) standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-order Whether a court's decision denying a petitioner rule 1.540(b)(4) motion to vacate order as void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction not based on t…
21-5070 Calvin Bernhardt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability district-court-error eighth-circuit ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate prima-facie prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Eight Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion in denying…
20-7636 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice false-information false-testimony government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate procedural-default Whether and to the extent the criminal justice system tolerates false testimony and false information relied upon by the United States Court of Appeal…
20-644 Terrence Pendergrass v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate second-circuit summary-dismissal Did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in s…
20-616 Stephen Durr v. Department of the Army, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-09 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-to-vacate procedural-rights standing statute-claim statutory-interpretation Did The U.S. District Court (Washington, DC), Abuse The U.S. Court Of Appeals (Washington DC) Abuse Discretion In The Denial Of The Petitioner Motion …
20-6059 Paul Edward Duran v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review arbitration-award civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-arbitration-act federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate Did the Ninth Circuit Court err by not issuing a COA, when the Court had knowledge that there were allegations of constitutional violations that were …
20-5652 Daniel L. Lopez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate sentencing statute-of-limitations Whether Lopez's 28 USC Section 2255(a) Motion was timely filed under Johnson v United States
19-8347 Joseph A. Daniels v. Virginia Virginia 2020-04-23 Denied IFP due-process exigent-circumstances extrinsic-fraud Fourth-Amendment jurisdiction motion-to-vacate probable-cause property-rights standing void-judgment warrantless-search Did the Supreme Court of Virginia have jurisdiction to adjudicate the claims of Daniels' Motion to Vacate, based upon extrinsic fraud, and could it be…
19-8098 Juan Carlos Rodriguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-consequences Was the petitioner entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his motion to vacate his plea?
19-6853 Nhuong Van Nguyen v. Jackson Lucky, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-judgment court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct legal-remedy motion-to-vacate rule-60 standing Whether the District Court and the court of Appeals correctly rejected petitioner's claim that the United States committed 'FRAUD UPON THE COURT?
19-6705 Keenan G. Wilkins v. J. Galvin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction arbitration-award civil-procedure dismissal district-court due-process jurisdiction legal-standard manifest-disregard motion-to-strike motion-to-vacate standing Does the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to decide an appeal before hearing an oral argument by the appellants, and is the appellants' request for I…
19-5959 Loretta Fergerson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals clear-error clear-error-standard federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-review motion-to-vacate plain-error plain-error-standard post-conviction-relief standard-of-review Did the Appeals Court err in applying clear error rather than plain error standard when deciding District Court's denial of Petitioner's 2255?
19-216 Harold Persaud v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure daubert-standard district-court-opinion district-court-review due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-conviction merits-review motion-to-vacate standard-of-review Whether Reasonable Jurists Could Debate the Denial of Petitioner's Motion to Vacate and Set Aside his Judgment of Conviction
18-9319 Robert Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP appeal certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate sentencing standard-of-review Whether the trial and appellate court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability?
18-9091 Antwayne Tremayne Lowry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate sentencing standard-of-review Whether the trial and appellate court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
18-9047 Gregory Swecker, et ux. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-motion-to-vacate,judicial- court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-bias motion-to-vacate recusal recusal-relief standing Whether the court of appeal's decision below contradicts existing legal principles when evaluating a Motion to Vacate under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60
18-8989 Dwayne Stoutamire v. Donald Morgan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 appeals civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus mandate motion-to-vacate record standing successive-petitions Whether my motion to vacate the mandate & record of successive petition is considered a second successive application that the Court of Appeals should…
18-8078 Elbert Walker v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation time-requirements trial-court-error void-judgment Whether the trial court erred in dismissing petitioner's motion to vacate the indictment on the premise that the motion did not qualify as a statutory…
18-8042 Aaron Maurice Blaylock, aka Stephan Blaylock v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate residual-clause unconstitutional Should a certificate of appealability have issued after the district court denied as untimely a 28-U.S.C-2255-motion
18-7224 Jose Alejandro Acuna Valenzuela v. Arizona Arizona 2019-01-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial heightened-reliability impartial-jury juror-bias jury-selection motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the trial court violated Mr. Acuna's constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury, to due process, to heightened reliability, and to be …
18-6356 Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus Second Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir Whether it was plain error for a court of appeals to deny in forma pauperis relief to an indigent appellant
18-6095 Jose Luis Buenrostro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus magwood-rule magwood-v-patterson motion-to-vacate new-judgment presidential-commutation sentence-reduction successive-motion Whether a prisoner whose sentence has been reduced from life to 30 years imprisonment through a presidential commutation may file a new motion to vaca…
18-5449 In Re Michael D. Smith 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals civil-procedure confrontation criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus indictment motion-to-vacate post-conviction-relief self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the district court and court of appeals denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and § 2244 motio…
18-5287 Luis Salas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate sentencing standard-of-review Whether the trial and appellate court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability?